(5 pages minimum) students will select a film of their own choosing (“Spirited Away” by Hayao Miyazaki to view and analyze. Students will conduct their own original analysis of the mythic and ritual elements portrayed or commented upon in the film. To construct an original analytical lens through which to view the film in question, students will integrate the ideas of at least three theorists discussed in the course.
He did not specify the number of sources but I think at least one per theorist is good.
-Important to focus on the concept of myth-ritualism which the theorists discuss
-japanese folk symbols?
3 theorists options to pick from :
-Rene Girard (i think it is good to use him)
-James Frazer
-Gilbert Murray
-Herbert Wesinger
-Francis Macdonald Cornford
